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from: New York Times, 12/17/09 That Tap Water Is Legal but May Be Unhealthy "The 35-year-old federal law regulating tap water is so out of date that the water Americans drink can pose what scientists say are serious health risks — and still be legal. Only 91 contaminants are regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, yet more than 60,000 chemicals are used within the United States, according to Environmental Protection Agency estimates. Government and independent scientists have scrutinized thousands of those chemicals in recent decades, and identified hundreds associated with a risk of cancer and other diseases at small concentrations in drinking water, according to an analysis of government records by The New York Times. But not one chemical has been added to the list of those regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act since 2000. " NOTE NEAR END OF ARTICLE: "Indeed, some of the chemicals in Mr. Husman’s water (Maywood, Cal.) — like manganese, which has been associated with Parkinson’s disease — are essentially unregulated, and so the water system isn’t required to remove them, even when particles float in a glass." From this article you can also search a database of toxic substances in the nation's water supplies and find out what's in your water. (I'm buying a water filter) http://projects.nytimes.com/toxic-waters/contaminants Full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/us/17water.html?scp=2&sq=water%20pollution&st=cse Linda __._,_.___ __,_._,___ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn